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Princeton - Princeton This gouache by George Segal is dated 1980 and depicts an early version or concept for the sculpture "Rush Hour.

21. Zurich - ETH Zürich . At ETH Zurich, there are suspicions that scientific data may have been falsified in two publications and a doctoral thesis in 1999 and 2000.

Researchers make rare meteorite find using new camera network in Australian desert Meteorite provides new clues about the conditions that existed when the early Solar System was being formed %0A " Imperial College London News Release Under strict embargo for 14.

Space 'time machine' takes first glimpse into the past First images from the Planck space observatory %0A " By Danielle Reeves Thursday 17 September 2009 The Planck space observatory, the European Sp

PA 238/09 It's every violinmaker's dream to produce an instrument to rival the sound of a Stradivarius but now researchers at The University of Nottingham are trying to do just that.

To mark the International Year of Astronomy, Andrew Newsam will give a lecture at the University of Birmingham on Wednesday 16th September 2009 about how telescopes have revealed the true nature of the universe.

Super-fast computers of the future receive funding boost New research programme to develop nanoplasmonic devices for optical computers For immediate release Tuesday 1 September 2009 Computers which u

BERKELEY — Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have reached a new milestone in laser physics by creating the world's smallest semiconductor laser, capable of generating visible light in a space smaller than a single protein molecule. A bright point of light from a single plasmon laser emanates from the optical setup used by UC Berkeley researchers (enlarged closeup at right).

Energy sciences flourish under DOE grant award Los Alamos, New Mexico, August 26, 2009—Lower-cost, higher-efficiency lighting and better superconducting materials could result from a pair of grants awarded to Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers.

Until 1966, the main offices of the Space Sciences Laboratory were in the old Leuschner Hall, site of the university's first observatory on Observatory Hill, just north of the new C.V. Starr East Asian Library.

Casting team members at the Steward Observatory Mirror Lab loading 22,500 pounds of E6 Ohara borosilicate glass into the 6.5-meter honeycomb mold for the San Pedro Mártir Telescope mirror.

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Virtual modelling tool helps industry to predict properties of liquids and gases New model could make industrial processes more efficient and cost effective %0A " Friday 21 August 2009 By Colin Smith

BERKELEY — Three researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are among an elite group of young scientists to watch, according to the national magazine Technology Review 's just-released 2009 list of Top Young Innovators Under 35.

Bret Knapp to head combined Weapons Engineering, Weapons Physics Directorates at Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, New Mexico, August 18, 2009— Two of the three Los Alamos National Lab

Princeton - Princeton • Construction began: June 2007 • Project will be occupied in fall of 2009 • Architect: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, New York • Construction manage

Princeton - Princeton Princeton researchers have beaten the present world record for packing the most tetrahedra into a volume.

Jianjun Cheng, professor of materials science and engineering, left; Rong Tong, graduate student, center, and Yi Lu, professor of chemistry, were on a team that developed a reversible method for delivering cancer drugs to tumor cells. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, lll. For cancer drug developers, finding an agent that kills tumor cells is only part of the equation.

This fall, the Fowler Museum at UCLA presents three exhibitions exploring various aspects of African American and African basketry arts and their historic connections.

Princeton - Princeton The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory will receive a two-year federal grant of $13.8 million as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

A team of physicists from the Universities of Cambridge and Birmingham have shown that electrons in narrow wires can divide into two new particles called spinons and a holons. The electron is a fundamental building block of nature and is indivisible in isolation, yet a new experiment has shown that electrons, if crowded into narrow wires, are seen to split apart.

July 31, 2009 — Miami — This summer, one of the world's leading ocean science bodies, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO?s) and Intergovernment

Los Alamos, New Mexico, July 28, 2009— Charles McMillan has been appointed the new principal associate director for Weapons Programs at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Scientists closer to making implantable bone material, thanks to new research Scientists are closer to understanding how to grow replacement bones with stem cell technology %0A " Imperial College Lon

Competition test skills of hazardous materials response teams Los Alamos, New Mexico, July 27, 2009—Seven hazardous materials response teams from New Mexico and Oklahoma will test their skills at the 13th annual Hazmat Challenge July 28-31 sponsored by Los Alamos National Laboratory.

This mid-infrared composite image was obtained with the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawai'i, on 22 July.

Specialist science teachers head for the classroom Scheme to boost science teaching in state schools celebrates new graduates - %0A " Thursday 23 July 2009 By Naomi Weston A scheme aimed at boosting

The scar from the probable impact appeared July 19 in Jupiter's southern hemisphere, and has grown to a size greater than the extent of the Pacific Ocean.

?Oscars of Invention? recognize greatest innovations of 2009 Los Alamos, New Mexico, July 21, 2009— Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists won five of 2009 R&D 100 Awards.

July 20, 2009 — Miami — Hurricanes are the costliest natural disasters that strike the United States.

Higgs Boson theory depicted in new artwork on display at Imperial Artwork hangs in the Central Library as part of international tour of academic institutions - %0A " Thursday 16 July 2009 By Naomi We

World leading engineering innovator is recognised for his outstanding achievements Professor Andrew Livingston wins prestigious silver medal %0A " Monday 13 July 2009 By Colin Smith An Imperial engin

Imperial physicists take first peek into dusty galaxies with Herschel space telescope First images from SPIRE 'camera' released %0A " By Danielle Reeves Friday 10 July 2009 The UK-led SPIRE 'camera'

Researchers at the University of Birmingham and the Indian Institute of Technology (IITD) in Delhi have completed a preliminary simulation study of road accidents in India.

Imperial physicists win top awards Four College researchers honoured by the Institute of Physics %0A " By Danielle Reeves Friday 3 July 2009 Four researchers from Imperial's Department of Physics hav

A 'quantum of sol' ? how nanotechnology could hold the key to a solar-powered future Imperial solar cell physicists take part in the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition %0A " Imperial College Lon

A Princeton-led research team has revealed surprising information about how electron behavior influences the conduction of electricity in a class of high-temperature superconductors.

Jump to: home | search | phonebook | banner navigation | site navigation | main content | footer navigation Los Alamos, New Mexico, June 29, 2009—The Department of Energy Inspector General has

The mysterious 1908 Tunguska explosion that leveled 830 square miles of Siberian forest was almost certainly caused by a comet entering Earth's atmosphere, says new Cornell research.

PA163/09 It was an idea born out of curiosity in the physics lab, but now a new type of 'laser' for generating ultra-high frequency sound waves instead of light has taken a major step towards becoming a unique and highly useful 21st century technology.

UC Berkeley physicist Roger Falcone explains X-ray microscopy experiments underway at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source (ALS).